The price of a brand new Dell precision PC with a core i9 13900 CPU (24 cores), 64 GB RAM and 2X2TB NVMe is probably around 2.5k$. It costs tens of Euros per month in electricity to run this PC. The hardware is good to go for some 3 years, before running into various issues (newer CPUs becoming much more power efficient, firmware updates getting less and less frequent etc). Consider also the cost of components failure, time wasted in dealing with hardware, etc.
On hetzner it all costs less than 100$ per month. Doesn’t this imply that it’s better to rent than to buy?
On hetzner it all costs less than 100$ per month. Doesn’t this imply that it’s better to rent than to buy?